Canandaigua Wood Library addition expected to be complete in January 2014

CANANDAIGUA — A $1.7 million addition at Wood Library in Canandaigua is scheduled to be complete by early January 2014, said Executive Director Jenny Goodemote.

Construction on the 4,500-square foot building expansion began in May. The addition includes a new check-out area, a lobby with a welcome desk, a self check-out station, a queuing section, a lounge area, and a new elevator. The project will also expand the Bill Rayburn Children’s Library, and will add a ground-floor 112-seat, 123-occupant meeting room to the library.

The expansion was originally slated to be complete in December, but uncooperative weather has pushed that date back a month, Goodemote said.

Goodemote added that the steel stage on construction — the structure of the addition — is about 90 percent complete. Frank Marianacci Inc., of Bloomfield, is the contractor on the project.